After Daniel and Gary came across to join us for breakfast and to use our facilities, they also joined us for a day trip to Pleasurewood Hills American Theme Park, in Lowestoft, stopping off at a café in Hemsby for morning drinks. This evening I took a walk around Wroxham to look at Riverside properties and then, it is getting cooler, we watched TV in front of the fire. NATO allies agree a compromise on disarmament, the Conservatives are recriminating over Ted Heath’s attack on Thatcher as she suffers further economic bad news
I felt too hot last night, and we opened the window as a result, but this made Diana too chilly! We all got up in time for our breakfast for which Daniel and Gary cruised in and joined us to use our facilities. We decided to go to Pleasurewood Hills American Theme Park and the boys wanted to join us. First, we had to get some milk and bread back from the local shops to the fridge. A longish drive to this park, which is in Lowestoft, but we stopped off at a garden centre/café at Hemsby for morning drinks on the way. It was a cold day, though dry, and at least the rain stayed away. The kids enjoy the rides. Di took Della on the mini rides and I escorted Debbie for the scarier ones. Daniel and Gary went off together. We all met up at 3pm and then drove home.
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This evening, after tea, I took a walk around Wroxham to look at the Riverside properties and concluded that there was no such thing as the perfect property of that description. Once home, Diana and I watched the TV in front of the fire for warmth and then went to bed quite late. The news today is of a NATO compromise that will link ‘partial’ short-range nuclear disarmament to continued conventional disarmament. Chancellor Kohl claims a victory, and so does Thatcher try to do so as well. The Conservative party is recriminating over the outspoken and hostile comments of former leader Ted Heath, who is accusing Thatcher of sabotaging European unity. There was also bad news for Thatcher on the economic front as well as sterling dropped three US cents and two German pfennigs. Central banks intervene without success and interest rates may have to be moved higher still. In my view, Sterling should be allowed to fall to make exports more competitive, but this government has a fixation and obsession about concentrating on inflation as the only valuable economic aim.